#38B8A1#38B8A1

#38B8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A1
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -39.96, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 39.99, 177.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1148 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.115 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2012, 37.6920, 39.6584)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A1 #B8384F

analogous

#38B861 #38B8A1 #388FB8

triadic

#38B8A1 #A138B8 #B8A138

tetradic

#38B8A1 #6138B8 #B8384F #8FB838

square

#38B8A1 #6138B8 #B8384F #8FB838

split-complementary

#38B8A1 #B8388F #B86138

monochromatic

#1B5A4F #2A8978 #38B8A1 #5FCEBA #8EDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#38B8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A1

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A1	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebc',
    500: '#38b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a1;
$custom-light: #80cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.219,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70791,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A1

secondary

#C78591

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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